But this has something to do with the city of New Orleans.

New Orleans was built at the mouth of the river, with swamps underground, easily sinking on the ground, and bumpy roads. There are not many places that can be used to build large buildings, which is why this rare scene is created.

The stadium is oval, with the entrance to the north. He greeted the security guard at the door. After entering, he realized that he was the first to come.

Walking through the hall, he saw some large poster photos of the team on the wall.

There was Eric Gordon and Anthony Davis, and what surprised him was that the largest one turned out to be Paul.

It has been two years since Paul left New Orleans, but his poster is still there.

It seems that his influence in this city, or here, is even higher than he expected.

However, this is reasonable. The history of this team itself is not long, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Paul is the best player in the team history.

It is normal to keep tickets in the stadium.

It seems that in addition to proving himself this season, what he has to do is to replace Paul's position in the hearts of New Orleans fans.

After passing through the passage, we then arrived at the team's locker room.

Unlike the Spurs' locker room, which is the same as the college locker room, the Pelicans' locker room is obviously more luxurious and much new.

The stadium itself is new. When Hurricane Katrina swept in 2005, the stadium was seriously damaged and the floor and walls of the locker room were all soaked in water. At that time, it was all renovated again.

So when you go in, you will feel a shiny feeling.

And the place is also large, without the feeling of a snail residence like ATT Stadium.

There is a big TV right in front of the locker room, and the whole modern feel is revealed.

But what surprised him the most was that he actually found his own wardrobe!

Tang Tian's pinyin abbreviation is right next to Davis's wardrobe, and Eric Gordon's on the other side.

From this sort, we can see that Williams said that he wanted to train him to be the core of the team's outside line.

Even the jerseys and other things were already hung there in the wardrobe.

This treatment is the core treatment.

Because of choosing the Pelicans, he has suffered a lot of doubts from fans, but the Pelicans' careful preparation made him feel that the original choice was really worth it.

He started changing his training jerseys in the locker room.

Just now, someone pushed the door open and came in.

He met Davis with thick eyebrows and big eyes in the Pelicans.

It’s not long since Davis entered the league, and he didn’t have long hair or beard, and he looked really conspicuous.

"You actually found the locker room for the first time."

Davis said in surprise when he came in.

"Um……"

Tang Tian glanced at Davis, when you first came, you couldn’t find the locker room?

"When I first came, I went into the female staff locker room. There were too many rooms here, more than Kentucky."

“…”

Tang Tian held back and didn't laugh. Are you sure you were just cute, not intentionally?

After a while, other team members also came in one after another.

Eric Gordon, Ryan Anderson, Ju Holiday, Amino, Jason Smith, Anthony Morrow.

These are the core players of the Pelicans this season.

To be honest, the Pelicans are also one of the teams with relatively large changes in the offseason lineup.

Among the five starters last season, Vasquis and Robin Lopez all left the team, and Holiday just traded.

Tang Tian sat on the bench, and team members came to say hello to him one after another.

The atmosphere of this team, from Davis, to Holiday, and Anderson, is inexplicably harmonious.

This feeling is a bit similar to the Spurs, but it is not very similar.

The biggest difference is that there are no people like Ginobili flirting here.

On the first day of training camp, not all the members were there, and Rivers hadn't even arrived yet.

However, there are so many people coming on the first day of training camp, which is already pretty good in the league.

You should know that the Pelicans are not the championship-competitive team like the Spurs. This is the second-last team in the West last season and only won 27 wins.

After the players changed their uniforms one after another, head coach Monty Williams and assistant coach James Borrego all came to the locker room.

Williams Tangtian has seen him before, but he is actually only in his early 40s and is the youngest coach in the league.

Assistant coach James Borrego is even younger, less than 40 years old, and he is quite handsome, a bit like Shia Laboff, the starring star in the first three Transformers.

To put it nicely, the Pelicans coaching staff is full of youth and vitality, but to put it nicely, they are immature and inexperienced.

However, the coaching staff is actually not important to Tang Tian.

When he decided to leave the Spurs, he had already planned his future positioning into a player and coach role.

And Williams' words are at least a very humble coach and willing to listen, which is enough.

“We didn’t do well last season, but that doesn’t matter anymore because we’re very different from last season.

We welcome two very important new members, Zhu, who is an All-Star player and Don, who is an All-Star starter and helped the Spurs complete two consecutive championships.

They have all achieved great success, but are young like the rest of the team, like ours.

We may not be able to win the championship this season, but the future is worth looking forward to. I believe in you, and sincerely believe in you, and we can do something big."

After hearing Williams' words, Tang Tian's eyes showed a look of surprise and admiration.

It turns out that Williams is not only good at training players, but this chicken soup is also good.

This was a surprise.

But before he could finish his appreciation, Williams called him.

"Dang is the only one in this team who has had experience in winning the championship, and I believe he should have some understanding."

This was not said before, and the question was a bit sudden, but Tang Tian had seen all kinds of big scenes, and was only slightly surprised, and then stood up.

The other team members looked at Tang Tian, ​​and the coach asked him to give a speech as soon as they came. This was rare.

"The coach's speech is inspiring. To be honest, I haven't heard such an infectious speech in the past two years with the Spurs. You know, it's a team with an old guy and a bunch of old guys, and they don't need this."

Tang Tian's first words made everyone in the locker room laugh.

In a gentle team atmosphere, he is probably the only one with humorous cells.

"But I think there is one thing the coach says is debatable, and young teams can still chase the championship."

Tang Tian's words made Williams pout, and his expression seemed to be saying that you had the final say.

The team members burst into laughter again, and Tang Tian looked really humorous.

"My sentence is not a joke, nor is it an exaggeration. Experience can be accumulated through competitions, and competitions can also be made up for experience with fighting spirit. The reason I say this is because I have done it before.

Yes, I did, and before helping the Spurs win two straight titles, I won the final championship in the NCAA with an equally young team."

Tang Tian continued.
Chapter completed!